Taken from Reddit
Jason Salma, is with Pawel Burza. Jason Salma is new Gwent director's.
They're going to talk about Update philosophy.
An hotfix is coming soon.
In January, 5 new leaders tied to TB are coming : Meve, Gernichora, Eldain...
They want the game to be smoother.
Too many things were changed with Thronebreaker. They're going to adapt the provision system.
Leaders are going to change the provision limit instead of mulligans.
Blacklisting may come back. For the moment, they just keep an eye on it.
The hand limit is probably a bit too agressive.
Faction challenges were a bit stales. They're going to change it. For example if Nilfgaard win, you will see Nilfgaard's kegs in the shop.
Instead of counting only victories, they want to have quest to accomplish for each faction.
For the first faction challenge, all 5 factions are going to be in the competition.
Seasonal Trees. They want to have an event every month where the season change the casual mode (for week end events for example). Like season of the bear, each player have a bear and it shouldn't die.
They also want to have some quests inside the trees. They're also going to add new card backs for each season.
They're going to change and explain more the design process.
New faction next year.
Holiday events were very time consuming for little play time. If they bring them back, they will be different.
Spectator and tournament modes: On the to do list. No date.
Jason hates Sihil, expect a nerf.
Nilfgaard will be great again... They still don't know how for the moment thought.
Open PTR are not worth it most of the time. It kills the hype.
Two new arena events planned. Deckswap is coming (and you will be able to see your deck now!)
Arena: 11+ provision event and 4 provision event are planned.
More game boards coming
Gwent is not dead!
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Preface edit: Gwent is in incredibly good hands with Jason. Very passionate and very knowledgeable about what makes Gwent special. :)
Leaders will be balanced by provisions and everyone will get 3-2-1 mulligans per round.
Also looking at hand limit: if you draw a card over the hand limit moving between rounds, that card gets converted to a mulligan (I'm assuming it also goes back into your deck?). Could be super interesting.
Interesting ideas for revamping faction challenges, going to be more engaging with consequential outcomes (winning faction has their kegs in the shop, etc.).
Special game modes based on the season. For example, season of the bear has a mode with a bear spawning initially on each side of the board that you have to protect.
Special card backs tied to each season and probably included in seasonal trees.
New faction probably in 2019, not many details. Needs to be special and add something unique to the game.
Holiday events were problematic in the past because they took so long to make and were very quickly consumed content. Still wants to bring some element like that back into Gwent.
Spectator mode in the works but not terribly urgent.
Belief that "cards should tell a story." Wants that to be reflected in visual card effects. No further details.
Jason hates Sihil. But also thinks it's fun. Thinks it should exist but probably not in its current form. Thinking about giving it a 2 turn cooldown.
No plans for changes to Arena, but he is thinking about it. Admits they didn't really do much with it. Some arena events currently planned (deck swap, 11+ provisions, 4 provisions).
Some vague plans to work on Nilfgaard. Not super pleased with its current iteration.
New game boards will be coming eventually. Thinking about ways to improve. No specific details.
